Improvement in cotton-presses



NITED STATES nLisHA H. ADAMs, or rA-LLADEGA, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN COTTON-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,995. dated May 17,1859..

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELisHA H. ADAMS, of Talladega, Talladega county,Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Presses;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had tov the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l exhibits a perspective view of my cotton-press turned on itsside, and showing the several parts in position to apply the pressure.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, exhibiting the parts in twopositions.

The nature ot' my invention consists in a combination of levers,connecting-rod, and guide-rod, for opening the follower-block andguiding. it while entering the bale-box, described, represented, andspecified as follows:

The bale-box A is constructed similar to those in common use, beingswung upon two pivots in either side of the' press-frame, and providedwith openings for receiving and discharging the cotton. Thefollower-block Bis secured to one end of a tlat guide-rod, D,

, which has its edges beveled so as to keep it confined Within dovetailslots in the center of two cross-ties, C C. This rod is operatedhorizontally by means of levers E E', connected at a to thefollower-block, and at b to a crossbeam, F, and jointed together at e.These levers are actuated so as to force the followerblock into thebale-box A with great force by a lever, G, which is pivoted to aprojecting arm of the follower-block B at f, and extends tog, where itis pivoted to a lever, I, provided with rack-teeth J, meshing into teethon Aplaced on and clamped in the usualmanner,

motion is given to the pinions or drivingwheel K in the directionindicated by the arrow. down the toggle-levers E E by means ofconnecting-rod H tending to bring them to a straight line. The lever Ebeing held in a stationary bearing at b, its other end describes the arcof a circle, while the lever E, being pivoted ate to lever E` and to thefollowerblock B, presses the said block with a power equal to the forceof the combined system of levers hereinabove described; and when thelever I is pressed out to its fullest extent the parts present thepositions shown by red lines in Fig. 2. f

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination and arrangement of guiderod D, toggle-levers E E',connecting-rod H, lever G, and rack-lever I, all operating substantiallyin the manner and for the purposes herein set forth. i

ELISHA H. ADAMS.

Vitnesses:

JAs. LAwsoN, A. BiNGHAM.

This drives the lever I out and draws

